Revealing the Hidden Economics of Open Models in the AI Era

Linux Foundation
20 hours 16 minutes ago

Artificial intelligence is reshaping economic systems at a pace we have rarely seen in modern technological history. Every sector—from finance to healthcare to manufacturing—is scrambling to understand how to harness AI safely, efficiently, and competitively. Yet amid the excitement, a crucial part of the story has been missing. Specifically, understanding the role that open models play in the AI economy, and how much value is being left on the table when organizations overlook open alternatives, are two topics requiring a closer look.

Frank Nagle

Linux Foundation Newsletter: November 2025

Linux Foundation
21 hours 4 minutes ago

Welcome to the November 2025 edition of the Linux Foundation Newsletter.

As we move toward year‑end, open source activity at the Linux Foundation (LF) remains at full throttle. In the past month, we welcomed major new projects, strengthened our AI‑and‑infrastructure portfolio, and reinforced our global collaboration model across security, research, and innovation. A huge thank you to all contributors, maintainers, members and staff who keep this momentum going!

Here are more of this month’s highlights:

  • Valkey 9.0 Delivers Next‑Gen Performance at Scale
    The open‑source key‑value database project announced version 9.0 this month. This release introduces atomic slot migration, multiple databases in cluster mode, hash‑field expiration, and benchmarks showing support for over 1 billion requests per second across 2,000 nodes. 
    • Read more about the latest version of Valkey in Diginomica
  • Fluxnova Launches Under FINOS to Orchestrate Financial Workflows
    The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) announced Fluxnova in partnership with Fidelity Investments, NatWest Group, Bank of Montreal, Deutsche Bank and Capital One. Fluxnova, a fork of Camunda 7, is an open orchestration platform enabling audit‑ready workflows, visual process models and process traceability in heavily regulated financial services environments.
    • Read more about what makes this platform so critical to the ecosystem in the SD Times
  • Overture Maps Foundation Names New Executive Director and Lands on Fast Company’s 2025 Next Big Things in Tech List
    William Mortenson has joined the Overture Maps Foundation as its new Executive Director. Mortenson brings more than 25 years of geospatial leadership and begins guiding Overture’s next phase of open map‑data growth, interoperability and adoption. The project also saw major industry recognition this month, landing a spot on the coveted ‘2025 Next Big Things in Tech’ list by Fast Company.
  • PyTorch Foundation Welcomes “Ray” to Deliver a Unified Open Source AI Compute Stack
    The PyTorch Foundation announced its latest hosted project: Ray, a widely adopted distributed computing framework that enables scaling AI workloads from a single machine to thousands of nodes. Ray now joins PyTorch and vLLM under the PyTorch Foundation umbrella, reinforcing the open‑source AI stack.
  • Major Infrastructure & Edge Release: StarlingX 11.0
    The open‑source cloud infrastructure project hosted by the Open Infrastructure Foundation released version 11.0, bringing enhanced edge‑security, IPv4‑exhaustion mitigation, IPsec pod‑to‑pod encryption and stronger rollback support for complex multi‑cluster deployments.
    • Read more about the new feature and optimization updates in Network World

What’s Next?

>> Read on for more news, research, and opportunities from across the Linux Foundation.

The Linux Foundation

[Testing Update] 2025-11-19 - Plasma 6.5.3, KDE Frameworks 6.20.0, Firefox 145.0.1

Manjaro Linux
1 day 7 hours ago

Hello community, here we have another set of package updates. Welcome to our new development cycle of Manjaro 25.1.0, code-named ‘Anh-Linh’.We will focus on Plasma 6.5 series and will introduce GNOME 49, maybe Cosmic 1.0 (Beta).

Current Promotions Recent News Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository (click for more details) Previous News Finding information easier about Manjaro (click for more details) Notable Package Updates Additional Info Python 3.13 info (click for more details) Info about AUR packages (click for more details)

Get our latest daily developer images now from Github: Plasma, GNOME, XFCE. You can get the latest stable releases of Manjaro from CDN77.

Our current supported kernels

  • linux54 5.4.301
  • linux510 5.10.246
  • linux515 5.15.196
  • linux61 6.1.158
  • linux66 6.6.116
  • linux612 6.12.58
  • linux617 6.17.8
  • linux618 6.18.0-rc6
  • linux61-rt 6.1.158_rt58
  • linux66-rt 6.6.116_rt66
  • linux612-rt 6.12.57_rt14
  • linux616-rt 6.16.0_rt3
  • linux617-rt 6.17.5_rt7

Package Changes (11/19/25 08:30 CET)

  • testing core x86_64: 6 new and 6 removed package(s)
  • testing extra x86_64: 702 new and 703 removed package(s)
  • testing multilib x86_64: 2 new and 2 removed package(s)

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Stop Using Only cd: Learn pushd, popd, and zoxide in Linux

Techmint
1 day 9 hours ago
The post Stop Using Only cd: Learn pushd, popd, and zoxide in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In Linux, the ‘cd‘ (Change Directory) command serves as a fundamental navigation tool for both newcomers and experienced system administrators.

The post Stop Using Only cd: Learn pushd, popd, and zoxide in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.
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Firefox 145: A Major Release with 32-Bit Linux Support Dropped

Linux Journal
1 day 22 hours ago
by George Whittaker Introduction

Mozilla has rolled out Firefox 145, a significant update that brings a range of usability, security and privacy enhancements, while marking a clear turning point by discontinuing official support for 32-bit Linux systems. For users on older hardware or legacy distros, this change means it’s time to consider moving to a 64-bit environment or opting for a supported version.

Here’s a detailed look at what’s new, what’s changed, and what you need to know.

Major Changes in Firefox 145 End of 32-Bit Linux Builds

One of the headline items in this release is Mozilla’s decision to stop building and distributing Firefox for 32-bit x86 Linux. As per their announcement:

“32-bit Linux (on x86) is no longer widely supported by the vast majority of Linux distributions, and maintaining Firefox on this platform has become increasingly difficult and unreliable.”

From Firefox 145 onward, only 64-bit (x86_64) and relevant 64-bit architectures (such as ARM64) will be officially supported. For those still running 32-bit Linux builds, Mozilla recommends migrating to 64-bit or switching to the Extended Support Release (ESR) branch (Firefox 140 ESR) which still supports 32-bit for a limited period.

Usability & Interface Enhancements

Firefox 145 brings several improvements designed to make everyday web browsing smoother and more flexible:

  • PDF viewer enhancements: You can now add, edit, and delete comments in PDFs, and a comments sidebar helps you easily navigate your annotations.

  • Tab-group preview: When you hover over the name of a collapsed tab group, a thumbnail preview of the tabs inside appears, helpful for reorganizing or returning to work.

  • Access saved passwords from the sidebar, without needing to open a new tab or window.

  • “Open links from apps next to your active tab” setting: When enabled, links opened from external applications insert next to your current tab instead of at the end of the tab bar.

  • Slight UI refinements: Buttons, input fields, tabs and other elements get more rounded edges, horizontal tabs are redesigned to align with vertical-tab aesthetics.

Privacy, Security & Under-the-Hood Upgrades

Mozilla has also doubled down on privacy and risk reduction:

  • Fingerprinting defenses: Firefox 145 introduces new anti-fingerprinting techniques that Mozilla estimates reduce the number of users identified as unique by nearly half when Private Browsing mode or Enhanced Tracking Protection (strict) is used.

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George Whittaker

[Testing Update] 2025-11-17 - Kernel 6.18-rc6, Thunderbird 145.0, COSMIC Beta 6

Manjaro Linux
3 days 4 hours ago

Hello community, here we have another set of package updates. Welcome to our new development cycle of Manjaro 25.1.0, code-named ‘Anh-Linh’.We will focus on Plasma 6.5 series and will introduce GNOME 49, maybe Cosmic 1.0 (Beta).

Current Promotions Recent News Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository (click for more details) Previous News Finding information easier about Manjaro (click for more details) Notable Package Updates Additional Info Python 3.13 info (click for more details) Info about AUR packages (click for more details)

Get our latest daily developer images now from Github: Plasma, GNOME, XFCE. You can get the latest stable releases of Manjaro from CDN77.

Our current supported kernels

  • linux54 5.4.301
  • linux510 5.10.246
  • linux515 5.15.196
  • linux61 6.1.158
  • linux66 6.6.116
  • linux612 6.12.58
  • linux617 6.17.8
  • linux618 6.18.0-rc6
  • linux61-rt 6.1.158_rt58
  • linux66-rt 6.6.116_rt66
  • linux612-rt 6.12.57_rt14
  • linux616-rt 6.16.0_rt3
  • linux617-rt 6.17.5_rt7

Package Changes (11/17/25 11:26 CET)

  • testing core x86_64: 5 new and 5 removed package(s)
  • testing extra x86_64: 458 new and 456 removed package(s)
  • testing multilib x86_64: 3 new and 3 removed package(s)

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